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Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–).  The Columbia Guide to Standard American English.  1993.
 
infringe (v.)
 
 
is both transitive, as in They promised not to infringe our rights, and, combined with prepositions upon and on, intransitive, as in We promised not to infringe on [upon] the privileges they’ve already won. Both uses are Standard. See also IMPINGE.  1
 
 
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